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Exemplar pulcherrima plaiitae Warneriae gratissimum mihi 

 donura erat, quod servabo saucte in tui memoriam. 



Ante anuum varriis speciminibus siccis plantarum variarum me 

 beavit doctissimus D. Milleras inter quas plurimae plantae selectae 

 Anglicae quas ex tuis liodie pei\spicio me accepisse a tuo mauu ; 

 proiu[de] et pro his gratissimam mentem refero. 



De vero charactere Warneriae multum haesitavi, iiec potui ex 

 pleuo flore eundem eruere. Cum vero amicissimus D"^ Ellis 

 distiucte describat et delineat pistilla 3, stamina quinque, videtur 

 inde quod sit generis distiuctissimi. Fateor quod facie et imprimis 

 calyce plurimum conveniat cum Nyctauthes aut Jasmini genere ; 

 cum vero (uti ex figura et anatomia Ellisii) clare pateat singulum 

 fructus rudimentum esse polyspermum nequit omuino habere 

 ullam affinitatem cum Jasminis. Minus ad Nerii affines referam 

 ob pistilla tria et imprimis quod nullibi legerim ramulos teneriores 

 dissectos fuisse lactescentes, de quibus tamen tuam sententiam, 

 quam liceat ocius, exspecto. 



De tua in inquirendo et colendo plantas rarissimas industria atque 

 indefesso studio, diu multumque audivi, ut nihil mihi autiquius 

 foret, quam tuo nomine ornare plautam cui eandem debet orbis 

 Botanicus. 



Diun legeris plantas rarissimas, quaeso memor sis mei, extra 

 florae regioues feliciores sepositi, qui tui cultor perenui studio 

 vivam. 



Dabain Upsaliae, 1758 die 29 Septembris. 



^Translation.'] 



To the most learned 



Mr. E-icnAED Warner, 



Charles LiNNiEUs, Knight, sends hearty greeting. 



I send you my best thanks for the letter with which you honoured 

 me, and I am glad of the friendship of Mr. Ellis, whom I have 

 known as a clever and learned man. 



The specimen of the beautiful plant " Warneria " was a most 

 acceptable gift, and I shall treasure it religiously in memory of you. 



A year ago the learned Mr. Miller favoured rne with several dried 

 specimens of various plants, among which were many choice 

 British species, which I understand to-day were from your hand ; 

 for these thex'efore I tender you my best thanks. 



As to the true character of the Warneria I have had much diffi- 

 culty, nor have I been able to settle it from the entire flower. 

 But inasmuch as my friend Mr. Ellis clearly states that there 

 are 3 pistils and 5 stamens, it appears that it must be a very dis- 

 tinct genus. I confess that at first from the general appearance, 

 and especially from the calyx, it appeared to belong to the genus 



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